Last week, the Indiana Blood Center reported its normal inventory levels have been depleted.

On one day in particular, it had less than a one-day supply on its shelves, approximately 700 units. A normal, daily inventory level is approximately 2,000 units.

All inventories of all blood types were described as “dangerously low” in a press release from the Indiana Blood Center, and some – O positive, O negative and B negative – were backordered at the time of the release, Jan. 2.

“This morning (Jan. 2), a local hospital required 60 units of O positive blood for a trauma patient,” the release stated. “The inventory is dangerously depleted, placing the community’s health at risk. Donors of all types are urgently needed…”